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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nothoscordum bivalve   FAMILY Alliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nothoscordum bivalve   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Nothoscordum bivalve

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-008:

Allium bivalve   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nothoscordum bivalve

 

COMMON NAME:
False Garlic, Grace Garlic


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image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_nobi2_001_lvd

        

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm120326_013

March    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

The 6 tepals, about 0.5" long, are spreading and white, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


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image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

Keith Bradley    kab_n_bivalve_3775

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

Scapes erect, terminated by membranous spathes and umbels of perfect flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_n_bivalve_3

March        

Stamens are about 2/3 the length of the tepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm0504f_09

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Inflorescence a loose terminal umbel, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm080427_015

April    Pickens County    SC

granite outcrop

Leaves basal, linear, flat, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm080428_051

April    Pickens County    SC

A perennial plant from a small onion-like bulb without an onion-like odor, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm170401_449

April    McCormick County    SC

Roadside

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm220421_7141

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

The 6 tepals sometimes have a green or purple midrib on the back, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmnbivalve_mcc2

April    McCormick County    SC

image of Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic, Grace Garlic

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3784

June    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nothoscordum bivalve   FAMILY Alliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nothoscordum bivalve   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nothoscordum bivalve

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-008:
Allium bivalve   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nothoscordum bivalve

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Around granite flatrocks, in glades and barrens of various kinds, in open woodlands, prairies, and also weedy in fields and along roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Carolina Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (usually present at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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